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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

I was at National Bookstore last weekend with my hubby. I was just supposed to look at some books coz I was feeling a bit sad. Maybe I was burnt out from work and I was experiencing some personal issues again. It's a good thing that Peter is always around whenever I need him. And that particular moment, without having any agenda, I just wanted to drop by National Bookstore.

Then lo and behold, after entering the store, Halloween decors and costumes greeted me as if knowing my plight. You see, for some weird reason, Halloween makes me happy... more happy than Christmas or summer actually. Maybe I was just emotional that day, but I got teary eyed with glee the moment I saw those freaky little masks and witchy fabulous costumes.

I immediately trotted to the display area and scrutinized everything. Peter was looking at some masks too and I was trying on some Elvira dresses and hats. Peter wanted to buy the bloody baby dolls. I told him to get one if he really wanted to. As for me, I ended up buying a pair of dark angel's wings instead that comes with a mask while Peter got a mask of Jason from Friday the 13th.

They're now safely kept with the rest of our Halloween decors and ornaments. I can't wait for Halloween season to be here!

Is it that time of the month for spells?

Solstice and Equinox

The path of the sun, or ecliptic, sweeps north and south between the northern and southern hemispheres. Around the summer solstice the days are longest and the shortest around the winter solstice. When the path crosses the equator the days and nights are of equal length, a condition called an equinox. There are two solstices and two equinoxes.

The term solstice can also be used in a wider sense, as the date (day) that such a passage happens. The solstices, together with the equinoxes, are connected with the seasons. In some languages they are considered to start or separate the seasons; in others they are considered to be centre points (in English, in the Northern hemisphere, for example, the period around the June solstice is known as midsummer, and Midsummer's Day is 24 June, about three days after the solstice itself). Similarly 25 December is the start of the Christmas celebration, which was a pagan festival in pre-Christian times, and is the day the sun begins to return to the northern hemisphere.